Brody's 1st Birthday

It's hard to believe that our Brody-Boy is already one. As I write, I find myself going back one year from today and the joy Brody brought our family when he was born on 12-11-10 at 9:46pm. I remember saying the words, "he is just perfect!" over and over when he was born...and it's still true today. Yes, he is ALL BOY, rather ornery, and persistent but he is ours. And let's be honest, I think those adjectives probably describe most Blakes. :)

To date: Brody has 2 teeth, growing hair (sort of), crawls like a champ (no need to walk in his mind), learned to crawl stairs on his birthday, loves to eat (especially bananas, grill cheese, yogurt and anything else), waves to cars driving by, squeals while swinging, performs hand gestures to "Wheels on the Bus", cuddles Melvin the Monkey always, and loves his sister and Dad (both can make him smile at a drop of hat).

To celebrate our big boy, we threw a Hungry Caterpillar party. I have to admit that Pinterest got my creative juices flowing and there seemed to be no stopping me. I have the excuse that the party planning was my escape from work but I think the reality was that it was my last child's first birthday. :)